Omnibus-step



J. ASH'ENFELDER Garriag -Fendr.

Patented Mar. 23, 1852.

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OMNIBUS-STEP.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 8,816, dated March 23, 1852.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSIAH ASHENFELDER, of the city of Philadelphia, inthe State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and original Covering orProtector for Omnibus-Steps, Together with a Backboard and Brush orBroom for the Purpose of Keeping Boys and Others Off the Same; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in an inclined covering or protectorimmediately.

connected with the outside of the door, so secured thereto as to openand shut therewith, with a brush or broom secured to the bottom of thecovering as to open and shut therewith for the purpose of cleansing thestep or steps together with a backboard operating as a protection to theinside of the step, so as to prevent mud, &c., from being thrown uponthe same.

The covering now in use for steps of omnibuses requires an alteration inthe body of the coach, the step is placed flush with the back part ofthe body and therefore requires that a portion of the frame work of thebottom thereof should be out away of the size of the step in order togive but can be applied to coaches as now built without alteration inany particular except to place my covering or protector upon the outsideof the door inclining outwardly sufficiently to cover the step or Stepsand to open and shut with the door.

To enable others skilledin the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to de scribe its construction and operation I construct mycovering or protector either of wood, iron or other materials as shownat A in the accompanying drawing, A being the covering; B, itsconnection with the door; C, the brush or broom; D, the step with theopening or aperture at the back part thereof for the dirt to passthrough;

E, the back board.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- The application of the inclined covering or protector to theoutside of the omnibus door as described, to prevent persons fromstanding, lying or sitting on the steps in combination with the brush orbroom secured to the bottom of the covering or protector so as to openand shut therewith, for the purpose of cleansing the step or steps, eachstep if more than one requiring a brush or broom attached, together witha back board to protect the inside of the step as described.

JOSIAH ASHENFELDER.

WVitnesses S. C. DoNN,

C. GILL.

